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Calexico releases its first studio recording in four years.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
09-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
AmoChip Dabney: Not Out of Words (Microchip)new

For anyone familiar with AmoChip Dabney's various stage personas, this all-instrumental improvisational suite for piano is probably the last thing you'd expect to hear. A multi-instrumentalist excelling on saxophones, keyboards and bass, Dabney is the consummate pro.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Lipson |
09-13-2012 |
Reviews
Preponderance of Evidencenew

The federal DOE's Office of Civil Rights determines that TUSD officials retaliated against a whistleblower.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
09-13-2012 |
Education
Tags: TUSD, Tucson School District
Where He Needs To Benew

Legendary punk frontman Keith Morris seems revived by OFF!
Tucson Weekly |
Casey Dewey |
09-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Keith Morris
Overstuffed!new

Featuring a story within a story within a story, 'The Words' is way too convoluted.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-13-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: The Words
Truly Terriblenew

'Branded' is an epically awful film about marketing ... or something like that.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
09-13-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Branded
Arizona's Progressive Daysnew

A retired Arizona State University professor looks back at Arizona's populist roots.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Hull |
09-10-2012 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Labor
Social Media for Justicenew

A friend of a slain woman takes to Facebook in an attempt to get charges re-filed.
Tucson Weekly |
Brian J. Pedersen |
09-06-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Doping Dilemmanew

The city of Tucson may put the squeeze on a doc's greyhound antics.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-05-2012 |
Animal Issues
Dry Movienew

'Lawless' fails by focusing on an actor who can't rise to the level of those around him.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-05-2012 |
Reviews
Imagery and Colornew

Janet McAdams' debut novel offers poetic flourishes, but it still reads like a debut novel
Tucson Weekly |
Nick Depascal |
09-05-2012 |
Fiction
French Desperationnew

'Farewell, My Queen' depicts the gritty end of Marie Antoinette.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
09-05-2012 |
Reviews
The Tallest Man on Earth: There's No Leaving Nownew

A couple of years after his breakthrough sophomore album, The Wild Hunt, Swedish singer/songwriter Kristian Matsson has toned things down for There's No Leaving Now, but it's still a beguiling, dark work.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
08-30-2012 |
Reviews
Bobby Womack: The Bravest Man in the Universenew

For his latest comeback—and first album of new material in 18 years—this R&B titan of the 1960s and '70s went to England.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-16-2012 |
Reviews
Sasha Go Hard: Do You Know Who I Am?new

Young rapper/vocalists like Rye Rye and Azealia Banks epitomize a post-millennial sass that's all about eclecticism.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
08-16-2012 |
Reviews